Participating Organizations

GEO’s Member governments welcome the engagement of Participating Organizations. The participation of intergovernmental, international, and regional organizations with a mandate in Earth observation or related activities is subject to the approval by GEO Members meeting in Plenary.

Membership and Participation in GEO is also contingent upon formal endorsement of the GEOSS 10-Year Implementation Plan.

GEO may invite other relevant entities to support its work as observers.

For more information about becoming a Participating Organization, please contact the GEO Secretariat at secretariat@geosec.org.

There are currently 51 Participating Organizations in GEO:

• AARSE: African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment
• ADIE: Association for the Development of Environmental Information
• APN: Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research
• CATHALAC: Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean
  
• CEOS: Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
• CGMS: Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites
• CMO: Caribbean Meteorological Organization
• COSPAR: Committee on Space Research
• DIVERSITAS
• ECMWF: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
• EEA: European Environmental Agency
• EIS-AFRICA: Environmental Information Systems - AFRICA
• ESA: European Space Agency
• ESEAS: European Sea Level Service
• EUMETNET: Network of European Meteorological Services/Composite Observing System
• EUMETSAT: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
• EuroGeoSurveys: The Association of the Geological Surveys of the European Union
• FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• FDSN: Federation of Digital Broad-Band Seismograph Networks
• GBIF: Global Biodiversity Information Facility
• GCOS: Global Climate Observing System
• GSDI: Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
• GOOS: Global Ocean Observing System
• GTOS: Global Terrestrial Observing System
• IAG: International Association of Geodesy
• ICSU: International Council for Science
• IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• IGBP: International Geosphere-Biosphere Program
• IGFA: International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research
• IHO: International Hydrographic Organization
• IISL: International Institute for Space Law
• INCOSE: International Council on Systems Engineering
• IO3C: International Ozone Commission
• IOC: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
• ISCGM: International Steering Committee for Global Mapping
• ISDR: International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
• ISPRS: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• OGC: Open Geospatial Consortium
• POGO: Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean
• SICA/CCAD: Central American Commission for the Environment and Development
• SOPAC: South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission
• UNCBD: United Nations Convention on Biodiversity
• UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme
• UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• UNFCCC: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• UNITAR: United Nations Institute for Training and Research
• UNOOSA: United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
• UNU-EHS: United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security
• WCRP: World Climate Research Programme
• WFPHA: World Federation of Public Health Associations
• WMO: World Meteorological Organization